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HOW WE GOT TO NOW (MIDDLE GRADE VERSION)
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Did you drink a glass of water today? Did you turn on a light? When you did it, did you think about how miraculous either of these things are? Of course notbut New York Times bestselling author Steven Johnson has. This adaptation of his adult book and popular PBS series explores the fascinating and interconnected stories of innovationslike clean drinking water and electricitythat changed the way people live.
Innovation starts with a problem whose solution sets in motion all kinds of unexpected discoveries. That's why you can draw a line from pendulums to punching the clock at a factory, from ice blocks to summer movie blockbusters, from clean water to computer chips.
In the lively storytelling style that has made him a popular, bestselling author, Steven Johnson looks at how accidental genius, brilliant mistakes, and unintended consequences shape the way we live in the modern world. Johnson's "long zoom" approach connects history, geography, politics, and scientific advances with the deep curiosity of inventors or quirky interests of tinkerers to show how innovation truly comes about.
His fascinating account is organized into six topics: glass, cold, sound, clean, time, light. Johnson's fresh exploration of these simple, single-syllable word concepts creates an endlessly absorbing story that moves from lightning strikes in the prehistoric desert to the herculean effort to literally raise up the city of Chicago to laser labs straight out of a sci-fi movie.
In other words, it's the story of how we got to now!
This is a young reader adaptation of the New York Times bestselling adult book, which was made into a PBS/BBC series and sold in 13 countries.
Steven Johnson is the popular, bestselling author ofWonderlandandHow We Got to Now, among other adult books. He was the host and co-creator of the PBS seriesHow We Got to Nowand has written for many blogs and publications, includingTIME,Wired,The New York Times, andThe Wall Street Journal.
In the lively storytelling style that has made him a popular, bestselling author, Steven Johnson looks at how accidental genius, brilliant mistakes, and unintended consequences shape the way we live in the modern world. Johnson's "long zoom" approach connects history, geography, politics, and scientific advances with the deep curiosity of inventors or quirky interests of tinkerers to show how innovation truly comes about.
His fascinating account is organized into six topics: glass, cold, sound, clean, time, light. Johnson's fresh exploration of these simple, single-syllable word concepts creates an endlessly absorbing story that moves from lightning strikes in the prehistoric desert to the herculean effort to literally raise up the city of Chicago to laser labs straight out of a sci-fi movie.
In other words, it's the story of how we got to now!
This is a young reader adaptation of the New York Times bestselling adult book, which was made into a PBS/BBC series and sold in 13 countries.
Steven Johnson is the popular, bestselling author ofWonderlandandHow We Got to Now, among other adult books. He was the host and co-creator of the PBS seriesHow We Got to Nowand has written for many blogs and publications, includingTIME,Wired,The New York Times, andThe Wall Street Journal.
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Published 2018-10-16 by Viking Books for Young Readers |
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Published 2018-10-16 by Viking Books for Young Readers |